bdist_rpm causes traceback looking for a non-existant file

[Benjamin Riggs]

[ipython-0.10]$ python2.6 -i setup.py bdist_rpm
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 146, in <module>
    [ target_update(*t) for t in to_update ]
  File "/var/tmp/BUILD/ipython-0.10/IPython/genutils.py", line 605, in target_update
    if target_outdated(target,deps):
  File "/var/tmp/BUILD/ipython-0.10/IPython/genutils.py", line 589, in target_outdated
    dep_time = os.path.getmtime(dep)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/genericpath.py", line 54, in getmtime
    return os.stat(filename).st_mtime
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'docs/man/ipcluster.1'
...
(Pdb) to_update
[('docs/man/ipcluster.1.gz', ['docs/man/ipcluster.1'], 'cd docs/man && gzip -9c ipcluster.1 > ipcluster.1.gz'), ('docs/man/ipcontroller.1.gz', ['docs/man/ipcontroller.1'], 'cd docs/man && gzip -9c ipcontroller.1 > ipcontroller.1.gz'), ('docs/man/ipengine.1.gz', ['docs/man/ipengine.1'], 'cd docs/man && gzip -9c ipengine.1 > ipengine.1.gz'), ('docs/man/ipython.1.gz', ['docs/man/ipython.1'], 'cd docs/man && gzip -9c ipython.1 > ipython.1.gz'), ('docs/man/ipython-wx.1.gz', ['docs/man/ipython-wx.1'], 'cd docs/man && gzip -9c ipython-wx.1 > ipython-wx.1.gz'), ('docs/man/ipythonx.1.gz', ['docs/man/ipythonx.1'], 'cd docs/man && gzip -9c ipythonx.1 > ipythonx.1.gz'), ('docs/man/irunner.1.gz', ['docs/man/irunner.1'], 'cd docs/man && gzip -9c irunner.1 > irunner.1.gz'), ('docs/man/pycolor.1.gz', ['docs/man/pycolor.1'], 'cd docs/man && gzip -9c pycolor.1 > pycolor.1.gz')]
...
[ipython-0.10]$ ls -A docs/man/
ipcluster.1.gz ipcontroller.1.gz ipengine.1.gz ipython.1.gz ipython-wx.1.gz ipythonx.1.gz irunner.1.gz pycolor.1.gz

It's looking for the non-gz'd versions of the files which don't exist in the tarball ipython-0.10.tar.gz which I downloaded today.

I do see there is a FIXME in setup.py saying something is disabled, but it appears to be referencing the generation of docs from a tex file.

I'm running this on a CentOS 5 install with python 2.6.2 installed along side the 'native' 2.4.3, attempting to get a source rpm so I can customize and distribute it.

[Rodrigo Lopez (rodrigo-forwardit)]

I am experiencing the same issue (Centos 5.1 x64, using Python 2.5.2 and GCC 4.4.3), but bypassing this issue as follows:

    tar xzvf ipython-0.10.tar.gz
    cd ipython-0.10/
    gzip -d docs/man/*
    python2.5 setup.py bdist_rpm

The rpmbuild still fails though with the following error:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "setup.py", line 35, in <module>
        from setupbase import (
    ImportError: No module named setupbase

Running "python2.5 setup.py install" works, but to get ipython running without errors I still have to do the following first:

    mkdir -p /root/.ipython/
    touch /root/.ipython/ipythonrc

[Fernando Perez (fdo.perez)]

IPython moved its bug tracking over to Github, this issue is now:

http://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues/issue/107

I've already copied Rodrigo's feedback over there, future discussion should take place in the github tracker.

Thanks!